story: Since 1901, the Nobel Prize in Literature () has been awarded annually to an author from any country who has, in the words of the will of Alfred Nobel, produced "in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction" (original Swedish: "den som inom litteraturen har producerat det mest framstående verket i en idealisk riktning"). Though individual works are sometimes cited as being particularly noteworthy, here "work" refers to an author's work as a whole. The Swedish Academy decides who, if anyone, will receive the prize in any given year. The academy announces the name of the chosen laureate in early October. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895; the others are the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Peace Prize, and Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. 
  
  Although the Nobel Prize in Literature has become the world's most prestigious literature prize, the Swedish Academy has attracted significant criticism for its handling of the award. Many authors who have won the prize have fallen into obscurity, while others rejected by the jury remain widely studied and read, like Ruben Darío. The prize has "become widely seen as a political one - a peace prize in literary disguise", whose judges are prejudiced against authors with different political tastes to them. Tim Parks has expressed skepticism that it is possible for "Swedish professors ... [to] compar[e] a poet from Indonesia, perhaps translated into English with a novelist from Cameroon, perhaps available only in French, and another who writes in Afrikaans but is published in German and Dutch...". As of 2016, 16 of the 113 recipients have been of Scandinavian origin. The Academy has often been alleged to be biased towards European, and in particular Swedish, authors. Some, such as Indian academic Sabaree Mitra, have noted that, though the Nobel Prize in Literature is significant and tends to overshadow other awards, it is "not the only benchmark of literary excellence."
questions: What is the most esteemed award for writing?
questions: Who bestows it?
questions: When was it first given?
questions: Who started it?
questions: When are the winners announced each year?
questions: Are there other categories?
questions: How many?
questions: Name one?
questions: And another?
questions: And?
questions: And one more
questions: Do they receive any flak for the winners chosen?
questions: Who was rejected?
questions: Was he well-known?
questions: Do they show favoritism?
questions: How many winner were from Scandinavia?
questions: Out of how many?
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questions: Is anyone skeptical?
answers: the Nobel Prize
answers: Although the Nobel Prize
answers: the Swedish Academy
answers: the Swedish Academy has attracted significant criticism for its handling of the award
answers: 1901
answers: Since 1901, the Nobel Prize in Literature () has been awarded annually
answers: Alfred Nobel
answers: has been awarded annually to an author from any country who has, in the words of the will of Alfred Nobel, produced
answers: in early October
answers: The academy announces the name of the chosen laureate in early October
answers: yes
answers: It is one of the five Nobel Prizes
answers: Four
answers: the others are the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Peace Prize, and Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
answers: the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
answers:  the others are the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
answers: Nobel Prize in Physics
answers:  the others are the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Physics
answers: the Nobel Peace Prize
answers: the others are the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Peace Prize
answers: the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
answers: the others are the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Peace Prize, and Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
answers: yes
answers: the Swedish Academy has attracted significant criticism
answers: Ruben Darío
answers: while others rejected by the jury remain widely studied and read, like Ruben Darío
answers: yes
answers: widely studied and read, like Ruben Darío
answers: yes, according to some
answers: The prize has "become widely seen as a political one - a peace prize in literary disguise", whose judges are prejudiced against authors with different political tastes to them
answers: 16
answers: 16 of the 113 recipients have been of Scandinavian origin
answers: 113
answers: 16 of the 113 recipients
answers: 2016
answers: As of 2016, 16 of the 113 recipients
answers: Sabaree Mitra
answers: Indian academic Sabaree Mitra
answers: yes
answers: Tim Parks has expressed skepticism